Moltech Power Systems, Inc., a Gainesville-based manufacturer of rechargeable batteries with annual revenues of $140 million and assets and liabilities of approximately $80 million;

Wm. G. Roe and Sons, Inc. and Wm. G. Roe and Company, Inc., the largest packer and shipper of tangerines in Florida;

The American Ship Building Company, a New York Stock Exchange company at the time of filing; and Trust America Service Corp., an American Stock Exchange company at the time of filing.

The firm also represents mid-size and smaller businesses and individual debtors on a regular basis and with a high degree of success. Formulating a strategy at the outset of these cases and implementing that strategy is key to handling these cases on an economical basis.

The firm has also represented substantial creditors, purchasers, defendants, committees, or other parties in interest in a number of significant Chapter 11 cases, including those of:

The Celotex Corp. (a manufacturer of home building products with annual revenues of $400 million);

Silas Creek Retail, L.P., d/b/a Piece Goods Shops and d/b/a Northwest Fabrics (the fourth largest retail fabric chain in the nation with 195 locations throughout the United States);

Murray Chris-Craft (a leading recreational boat manufacturer);

American Family Publishers (a Time, Inc. subsidiary);

The Eli Witt Company (a large food and tobacco distributor);

Braniff Airlines and Grand Union Co. (cases in which the firm represented a member of the Official Creditors' Committee);

Fabric King, Inc. (a 74-store retail fabric chain);

Gardinier, Inc. and Mulberry Phosphates (each a large phosphate and fertilizer processor); and

W.T. Grant Co. (a large national retailer)

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

Representation of the debtor, the third largest U.S. flag international liner-carrier with over $400 million in annual revenues and over $300 million in liabilities.

The debtor’s assets were sold and a liquidating plan was confirmed in approximately eighteen months.

Outback Steakhouse, Inc.

Representation of Outback Steakhouse in a $45 million acquisition of designation rights to seventy-six restaurant properties which had been formerly operated as Mexican restaurants.

The firm also handled two sub-designation agreements for portions of those properties and litigation involving several disputes with landlords and with the owner of fifteen sale/leaseback properties.

Moltech Power Systems, Inc.

Representation of the debtor, a Gainesville-based manufacturer of rechargeable batteries with annual revenues of $140 million and assets and liabilities of approximately $80 million.

Plans of reorganization were confirmed in each Chapter 11 case.

Silk Greenhouse, Inc.

Representation of the debtor which operated several silk plant outlets in Florida. The debtor had secured debt of approximately $100 million.

A plan was confirmed.

ABC Fabrics of Tampa, Inc., et al. –

In this Chapter 11 case, the firm represented four related debtors which, collectively, were the fourth largest national retailer of fabrics and crafts, with debts in excess of $40 million.

A liquidating plan was confirmed.

GunnAllen Financial, Inc.

Representation of debtor which was formerly a broker-dealer engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities, but had ceased operations and filed Chapter 11 to effectuate the windup and liquidation of its business.

A liquidating plan has been confirmed.

JumboSports, Inc.

Representation of the debtors in their jointly administered Chapter 11 cases. One debtor was a publicly traded New York Stock Exchange corporation. The debtors operated as a national retailer of sporting goods with assets on the petition date of $367 million and liabilities of $350 million.

A liquidating plan was confirmed.

Linc.net, Inc., et al.

Representation of the debtors, consisting of seventeen affiliated companies. The debtors were a “roll-up” of entities providing construction and other services to the communications industry with debt in excess of $300 million.

A plan was confirmed in these cases.

Sam Seltzer’s Steakhouses of America, Inc., et al.

Representation of fifteen related debtors, which operated a chain of casual dining restaurants.

A plan of reorganization was confirmed.

Ecoventure Wiggins Pass, Ltd.

Representation of three related debtors which own a luxury waterfront condominium development and marina facility in Naples, Florida. After filing, the debtors obtained a post-petition financing facility in excess of $26 million, which primed $90 million of pre-petition secured debt. The facility was used to complete the development, for post-completion maintenance and marketing of the units.

A liquidating plan was confirmed.

Walter Industries, Inc., et al.

Representation of thirty-two debtors. The holding company was publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange prior to a leveraged buyout. The debtors had corporations in the home building, coal mining, and industrial pipe fields. At the time of its filing, this was the largest Chapter 11 case ever filed. The debtors had unsecured bonded indebtedness of approximately $1 billion, collateralized trust debt of approximately $2 billion, and secured debt of approximately $500 million.

A plan of reorganization was confirmed. The case generated over forty reported decisions.

Ace Auto Parts, Inc. -

In this Chapter 11 case, the firm represented debtor which operated a chain of approximately thirty retail auto parts stores.

A Chapter 11 plan was confirmed.

South Bay Lube, Inc.

Representation of the debtor that owns and operates 26 Jiffy Lube locations.

A plan of reorganization was confirmed.

Ocala Funding

Representation of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taylor Bean & Whitaker which was created to purchase loans and resell those mortgage loans to third parties. Approximately $2.6 billion of claims were scheduled.

A plan was confirmed.

Phil’s Cake Box Bakeries, Inc., d/b/a Alessi’s Bakery

Representation of the debtor that owns and operates a family-owned bakery and catering business, specializing in the manufacturing and retail sale of fine Italian desserts. Alessi’s has been owned and operated in Tampa by four generations of the Alessi family.

A plan of reorganization was confirmed under which the company continued its business operations under a restructured balance sheet.

Taylor, Bean & Whitaker

Representation of debtor which, shortly before filing, was the largest independent mortgage lender in the United States.

A liquidating plan was confirmed.

Bicoastal Corp. (Singer Corp.)

Representation of the debtor which was formerly known as The Singer Company. The case involved over $2 billion in filed claims and assets in excess of $500 million. Over thirty reported decisions appear in the Bankruptcy Reporter.

A plan was confirmed in less than three years after intensive litigation.

Shaw Aero Devices, Inc., et al.

Representation of two related debtors which operated in the aerospace industry.

A plan was confirmed within four months, which contained injunctions against creditors pursuing claims against insiders.

Odyssey Group

Representation beginning in August 2010 of the sixty-two entities that were members of the Odyssey Group. Chapter 11 petitions also were filed for sixteen of these sixty-two members, involving total debt in excess of $200 million dollars. The firm has assisted the non-filing members of the Odyssey Group in restructuring their loans in out-of-court workouts.

Most of the Chapter 11 cases were resolved through confirmation of plans of reorganization. Other cases involved an agreed upon surrender of collateral to lenders followed by a structured dismissal.

American Ship Building Company and Tampa Shipyards Incorporated

Representation of the debtor, a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its wholly-owned subsidiary. The representation included the settlement of substantial claims against the United States Navy.

A plan was confirmed in less than one year.

Affiliated of Florida, Inc., et al. -

In this Chapter 11 case, the firm represented three related debtors with annual sales in excess of $200 million and over $35 million in debt.

Substantially all of the assets were sold in bankruptcy and a plan was confirmed in less than one year.

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. -

In this Chapter 11 case, the firm represented the debtor and eight related subsidiaries. Two of the debtors were publicly traded companies.